Rabbi Chanan Morrison

Rav Kook Torah:

Hanukkah: The sacred protects itself

Rabbi Kook explains how Knesset Yisrael knows how to join heaven and earth.

Rabbi Kook and Hevron:

"I do not shake hands defiled with Jewish blood"

Rav Kook held the acting commissioner responsible for British inaction during the Hevron massacre and refused his outstretched hand.

Rav Kook Torah

Yom Kippur: The Shofar and the Kotel

Rabbi Segal recalled: I took a deep breath. With one swift motion, I lifted the shofar and blew a long, resounding blast that echoed against the ancient stones. And what happened next?

Rav Kook Torah

Elul: The Shofar of Redemption

The two great scholars were both standing, eyes shut...

In honor of Rav Kook's yahrzeit:

On 3rd of Elul, Rav Kook said: 'Stay in the Land!'

“About half an hour before his death,” Dr. Zondek recalled, “the rabbi took my hand in his...."

Rav Kook Torah

Massei: The merit of building the Land of Israel

A remarkable story.

Kedoshim: Rabbi Kook's decision on the Printer's Dilemma

Israel's first Chief Rabbi's wisdomand character shine through this story of his reaction to those slandering him.

The Joy of spending Purim with Rabbi Kook

Israel's first Chief Rabbi had a unique tradition for Purim festivities and his students took part. In the middle of his speech, Rav Kook suddenly stood up and began to sing with great elation, “Do not fear, My servant Jacob! Do not fear, do not fear!”

HIllel's healthy suspicion

Israel's 1st Chief Rabbi: If a follower should err about a tzaddik and cling to his inner essence, he will also be adhering to his faults.

Vayeishev: Joseph's labors in exile

Israel's first Chief Rabbi: Ultimately, how much of our lives and pursuits truly matter? 

Psalm 112: Placing our trust in God

Israel's first chief rabbi: Why should fear and apprehension be a sign of sin?

Chukat (Israel): The death of a Tzaddik

Israel's first Chief Rabbi: In what way does the death of tzaddikim atone for the people?

Rabbi Kook arrives in Jaffa

Iyar 28, this past Friday, is the date Rabbi Kook arrived in the Land of Israel. Jerusalem was liberated 63 years later on that very date.

Naso: The blessing of a Kohen - Rav Kook and Avraham Lipkowitz

'One day I noticed that the Rav had raised his eyes from the Torah text he was studying..I dashed to the Rav to request a blessing...."

The Kotel Affair, 1930

Rav Kook was subject to intense British pressure to grant the Arabs ownership of the Kotel in exchange for the right to pray there. Then...

Rav Kook on drafting yeshiva students

Re'eh: Open your hand generously

Invisible Jews: Surviving the Holocaust in Poland

The Third of Elul: Usishkin's Eulogy for Rabbi Kook

How Rav Kook planted a tree in Magdiel

Elul 3: The yahrzeit of Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook

Jerusalem Day: Returning to the Kotel

Third of Elul: HaRav Kook's Final Requests

The Nazir of Jerusalem

Rav Kook's Approach to Zionism

Rav Neriah:The City of One Gate

Rabbi Kook and The Balfour Declaration

Usishkin's Eulogy for Harav Kook

Shoftim: HaRav Kook and the Jerusalem Police Officer

Rav Kook's Grave at The Mount of Olives Cemetery

Rav Kook and the Second Seder

Purim Joy at HaRav Kook's House in Jaffa

In Memoriam: Rav Kook on Visiting the Sick

HaRav Kook on Parshat Re'eh

Rav Kook on the Wicked Among Us

Rav Kook on V'Etchanan

HaRav Kook on the Month of Av

Rav Kook on the Three Weeks

Rav Kook on Pinchas

Rav Kook: G-d Aids the Sick

Rav Kook on Chukat:Loving Rebuke

Rav Kook on the Spies

Rav Kook on Behalotcha

Rav Kook and Jerusalem Day

Rav Kook on Bamidbar

Rav Kook on Judicial Corruption

Rav Kook on Independence Day

Rav Kook on Emor

Rav Kook on Caring for Tefillin

A Fatal Mistake

Rav Kook on Pesach

Rav Kook on the Metzora

Rav Kook on Psalm 24

Rav Kook: "Gather All the Jews"

Rav Kook on Vayakheil

Rav Kook on Ki Tisa

Rav Kook: Priestly Clothes

Rav Kook on Teruma

Rav Kook on Pikudei

Rav Kook on MIshpatim